Gilling - Gilling

Japanese: ギリング - ぎりんぐ
Gilling - Gilling

…They killed him and mixed his blood with honey to make mead, which had the property of making anyone who drank it a poet or a wise man. The dwarves also killed the giant Gillingr and his wife, but Gillingr's son Suttungr found out and captured the dwarves, got the mead, and had his daughter Gunnlöð guard it. Odin approached Gunnlöð with a trick, got the mead, and turned into an eagle to go to Asgard. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Gilling" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…2人はこれを殺し,その血に蜂蜜を混ぜ,それから蜜酒をつくったが,それを飲む者は詩人か賢者になれる性質をもっていた。小人たちは巨人ギリングGillingrとその妻をも殺すが,ギリングの子スットゥングSuttungrはこれを知り,小人たちをつかまえて蜜酒を手に入れ,それを娘のグンレズGunnlöðに見張らせる。オーディンは策略をもってグンレズに近づき蜜酒を手に入れ鷲になってアースガルズに向かう。…

※「ギリング」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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